Following the news of Sir Mo Farah’s illegal trafficking into the UK as a child and the revelation that he was forced to work as a domestic servant, the record-breaking athlete is also the focus of a new BBC One documentary.
With that, here are five of the standout moments from the documentary.Farah’s simple admission of wanting to feel normal is something that many children will attest to. It’s also a vulnerable moment at the start of the documentary that sets the course for the rest of it. We come to learn that he hid this part of his life away from those closest to him, including his wife, Tania.
She was essentially his new mother, but he knew nothing about her. Once in the house, she took the slip of paper he had with the details of his relatives and she ripped it up in front of him. As he admits in the documentary: “At that moment, I knew I was in trouble.”The memories Farah shares about his early childhood are the stuff of nightmares
Farah had to put up with her anger, shouting and screaming and took to locking himself in the bathroom to cry, learning to diminish his own sad and angry emotions.Having had to persuade the woman he lived with to let him attend school was no mean feat, but Farah succeeded. His school reports make for emotional viewing as he was constantly referred to as troublesome or unkempt.
Later on, the conversation Farah has to have with his lawyers is also an important moment. It’s a stark recognition of the fact that Farah, according to the law, has obtained his identity fraudulently or by misrepresentations. Conversations around his British nationality being taken back make for difficult viewing, but it’s a timely reminder about national identity that this is the process for a lot of refugees and immigrants as of now.
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